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El Nido

by Montoya

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English: Blind sprouts, marine blood that plays with calling and being able to look into the distance, where the birds They get together to talk in the vastness And that with each wave come to my poppy bringing your mouth closer next to the rocks rise to the surface where you breathe free You will know the sparkles in which your dreams dance your body shines the moon Let it be alone in the tide next to the bay you want to be all day Your fresh and salt water wraps us with its wings Feel how fresh the sigh is flower of the sea Always calm between the salts you will swim Here you are, and you will go down Right where you are, my mangrove swamp is going to look for you flower of the sea, Always calm between the salts you will swim Here you are, and you will go down Right where you are, my mangrove swamp is going to look for you Flower of the sea, flower of the sea, flower of the sea Flower of the sea, flower of the sea, flower of the sea Español: Brotes ciegos, sangre marina que Juega con llamar y poder mirar Hacia lo lejos, donde las aves Se juntan a platicar En la inmensidad Y que con cada ola Vengas a mi amapola Acercando tu boca A lado de las rocas Sube a la superficie Donde se respira libre Conoceras los destellos En lo que bailan tus sueños Tu cuerpo brilla la luna Que sea solo en la marea Al lado de la bahía Quieres estar todo el dia Tu agua dulce y salada Nos envuelve con sus alas Siente, que fresco es el suspiro Flor del Mar Siempre tranquila entre las sales nadaras Aqui estas, y bajaras Justo donde estes sumida mi manglar Te vo’a buscar Flor del Mar, Siempre tranquila entre las sales nadaras Aqui estas, y bajaras Justo donde estes sumida mi manglar Te vo’a buscar Flor del Mar, Flor del mar, flor del mar Flor del mar, flor del mar, flor del mar
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ZZK Records Presents Montoya’s 'El Nido'.

El Nido: a welcoming embrace in uncertain times

The world changed forever in the second quarter of 2020. The life we were used to ceased to be, as we were overcome by constant fear, distrust in all that surrounded us and a fatalist attitude towards the world we lived in. With the pandemic came lockdown, mandatory isolation for months, empty streets, face masks, hand sanitizer, the fear of going out, an absurd roll call of Covid fatalities, the daily tension of not knowing when it would all end and the urge to “get back to normal,” something that certainly never happened.

Out of that pandemic saturation and that urge for “normality” came 'El Nido' (“The Nest”), the third album by Italy-based Colombian producer Montoya, who describes this record as “becoming virgins of destiny again, facing up to that fatalist world and creating that longing for tranquility. Savoring that moment prior to the pandemic, that instant when the most important thing wasn’t the immediate reality or the global situation.” Montoya sees 'El Nido' as that quiet place that you think of when you close your eyes; it is a beach or a mountain, a sunrise or a sunset, a wave in the sea refreshing your body, or an almost-whispering wind that immediately silences everything around you.

On his previous records, 'Iwa' in 2015 and 'Otún' in 2019, his work as a producer prevailed, feeding the growing wave of Latin American electronica, fusing IDM and techno with indigenous root music, Andean folklore and rhythms from the tropical Caribbean coast and ancestral Pacific in terms of instrumentation. But on 'El Nido' Montoya splits the balance, offering us five merely instrumental tracks and six collaborations with Latin American artists, including Colombians Nidia Góngora on “Soñé,” Montañera on “Sierra” and Pedrina on “Nubecita.” It also features Mexican artist Pahua on “Flor del Mar,” the Peruvian Lara Nuh on “El Faro” and the Franco-Venezuelan La Chica on “Palosanto.”

Starting from the name itself (“The Nest”), an evocation of home, 'El Nido' is also a Filipino municipality on the island of Palawan, a place that turned out to be Montoya’s last live experience before the pandemic. That place with crystal clear seas and white sand became the scene and starting point for this work, reflecting on the abstraction of a chaotic world and proposing blurred destinations with each song, like places that exist within memories when we close our eyes, letting us inhabit them, for a couple of minutes at least. On the other hand, it’s a record that approaches love; as a yearning and a refuge, as a guide and an anchor, but also as a rhetorical figure that makes us vibrate and elevates us, while at the same time keeping us grounded and letting us settle in the place that we can use as our shelter.

'El Nido' will be released on July 7th, 2023 on ZZK Records

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released July 7, 2023

All Tracks Produced and Arranged by Montoya
Mixed by Satori Stereo Saiyan
Track #1 Mixed by Leo Magnolfi
Mastering by Basement Studio
Artwork and Graphics by Riccardo Corda

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